Travel Blogs from Cuba

... us with the night time highlights of Havana. Our accommodation was in Habana Vieja (Old Havana) next door to the Spanish Embassy, since Cuba is a former Spanish colony you can only imagine how good the location is, as you can see we have a view of the ...

All Cubanos we had talked to insisted we go to Viņales because it's
so beautiful. If you live in regular Cuba, all screaming tropical
vegetation, flat fields of sugar cane and tobacco and mood altering
heat, Viņales must seem like paradise on earth. ...

... the limitations of the systems wherever you look. Many things, which are common for us are very difficult to get for anyone living in Cuba and therefore life is hard for the Cuban people. The fact that they have so little changes their attitude to any one ...

... which we only found out when we arrived here. We were told the second one was brand new, it probably was 20 years ago but I suppose for Cuba that is new! Because it is all inclusive we can eat or drink anything we like, this is quite new to us & we're ...

... When we got back we relaxed for while before they made us diner it was hands down the best meal we've had here in Cuba. A great seafood dinner, with homemade potato chips, bean soup, fresh veges, yellow rice, crumbed fish, & preserved pear for ...

... of products and services for sale, but not necessarily so inclined to follow through on an agreement.
Anyway, thats enough on Cuba for now.
Yesterday we returned to the mainland of Mexico, and then immediately took off to another island, Isla ...

... that are grated into hot milk. Al drank a whole jug of this at our casa each morning. Baracoa is the first place in Cuba where we've checked out some nature. Nearby Parque Alejandro Von Humboldt has many endemic species. We saw a tiny frog (guide said ...

... couple who were killing time before heading to the airport. They shared with me their itinerary and their best spots of Cuba on their travels. I then had dinner Cuban style- lobster, rice with black beans, fried plantain (fried banana), pumpkin and ...

... Monday so we couldn't go in! We walked back into town and made a pitstop at a bank to get some local pesos. Cuba has 2 currency's - the National Peso and the Convertible Peso. Most street stalls etc use the National Peso and won't accept the Convertibles ...